Columbia Metropolitan in July 2026

69.2%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 455 domestic departures from Columbia Metropolitan (CAE). 69.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.6% reached their destination on time; 4.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so CAE departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 484 departures with 66.1% leaving on time: a change of +3.1 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at CAE that month were on time 62.4% of the time (455 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 68.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.2%
Cancelled 4.6%
Diverted 0.7%

Every scheduled departure from CAE in July 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

July 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	CAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	69.2%	66.1%	77.8%	68.8%
Arrived on time	68.6%	68.2%	77.8%	69.4%
Cancelled	4.6%	7.0%	3.1%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	38.7 min	27.7 min	20.1 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	16	15	21,066
Scheduled departures	455	484	5,495	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	154	34%	70.8%	15.4 min	1.9%
MQ Envoy Air	123	27%	78.9%	32.5 min	1.6%
OH PSA Airlines	112	25%	56.3%	47.4 min	8.0%
YX Republic Airline	66	15%	65.2%	11.7 min	10.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAE–ATL	Columbia to Atlanta	154	70.8%	15.4 min	1.9%
CAE–DFW	Columbia to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	74.4%	20.9 min	0.0%
CAE–DCA	Columbia to Washington	87	54.0%	55.0 min	10.3%
CAE–ORD	Columbia to Chicago	62	80.6%	42.6 min	3.2%
CAE–LGA	Columbia to New York	58	62.1%	14.8 min	12.1%
CAE–MIA	Columbia to Miami	4	75.0%	7.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	49.1%	31.7%	7,772
Late-arriving aircraft	36.0%	41.8%	5,699
National Aviation System	9.1%	19.9%	1,439
Extreme weather	5.8%	6.5%	923
Security	0.1%	0.1%	9

15,842 delay minutes on 119 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left CAE on time in July 2026?

69.2% of 455 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 66.1% of 484 departures left on time and 7.0% were cancelled, against 69.2% and 4.6% in July 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for July 2026; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for CAE · methodology · corrections.